Hackathon

Hacking, innovation, and lots of caffeine best describe what’s going on inside two massive tents at Microsoft’s campus this week. For the second straight year, Microsoft workers are stepping away from their… Read More

Phrases like “housing vouchers” and “senior accessibility” aren’t commonly heard at a weekend hackfest. But those words were the focus of one of Seattle’s largest open data hackathons ever — a unique event… Read More

Hackathons typically produce some pretty cool ideas and innovations, yet only in rare cases do you find a 48-hour project that turns into a full-fledged product used by real people. But that’s exactly what… Read More

Hackers, coders, designers and entrepreneurs with a passion to create technologies that can fix civic issues are invited to “Hack for Change,” events happening in more than 100 cities this weekend… Read More

A game that combines fantasy baseball and Monopoly. A project that identifies soccer teams that are suffering from missing players due to preventable injuries. A website called SuperBowlDrinkingGame.com. Sunday’s conclusion of the first-ever… Read More

I’m part nervous, a little excited and honestly, a bit scared. My first hackathon experience, which I’m going to document on GeekWire, commences Friday night. Two nights before Sunday’s Super Bowl,… Read More